Kelenic and White Go Yard as Rainiers Take Third Straight against Sacramento
TACOMA, WA – Designated hitter Evan White gave Tacoma a go-ahead two-run home run in the 6th inning, and left fielder Jarred Kelenic added an insurance run with a 7th inning solo blast, as the Rainiers claimed their third straight victory over the Sacramento River Cats on Monday at Cheney
Rays’ Franco repeats as top overall prospect
For the second consecutive year, the Rays reign supreme in the prospect world. Led by consensus No. 1 overall prospect Wander Franco, Tampa Bay boasts a Major League-high eight prospects on MLB.com's Top 100 list, released Thursday night. Following Franco at the top are the No. 1 overall picks in
Mariners invite Kelenic, Rodriguez to camp
The Mariners' future success depends on their farm system. The organization is about to get close look at where the stars of its system currently stand. Seattle extended non-roster invitations to Major League Spring Training to No. 9 overall prospect Jarred Kelenic, No. 15 Julio Rodriguez and No. 35 Logan
State of the System: Seattle Mariners
Starting in October and running through the end of the year, MiLB.com's State of the System series will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each Major League organization, highlights prospects who've made the biggest strides in 2020 and offers a peek at 2021.
Prospects in the Mariners' 2020 player pool
As part of the new rules for the 2020 Major League season, each of the 30 organizations will maintain a 60-man player pool for the duration of the campaign. Some members of the player pool will feature on the active Major League roster while others will work out at an
The Show Before the Show: Episode 260
Check out the latest episode of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review "Minor League Baseball podcast" on iTunes. The podcast is also available via Spotify,
Meet the Nationwide Road to the Show Ambassadors
This season Minor League Baseball introduces a new content series, "The Road to the Show™, Presented by Nationwide,” which will follow five of MiLB’s top prospects during the 2020 season. The series will give baseball fans a behind-the-scenes look at the prospects, learn who they are on and off the
The Road to The Showâ„¢: Jarred Kelenic
Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken to reach the brink of realizing his Major League dream. Here's a look at Seattle Mariners outfielder Jarred Kelenic.
Toolshed dream lineup: The 20-year-olds
There may be no Minor League Baseball games yet, but that's not going to stop us from dreaming about lineups.In the coming weeks, Toolshed will craft the best possible prospect lineups, sorted by age. The opening edition focused on teenagers. This time, we turn our attention to prospects entering their age-20
Kelenic on yellow brick road to Emerald City
Barring the unforeseen, Jarred Kelenic will take the field as a Major Leaguer soon. There's no exact date and, considering he's played all of 21 games above Class A Advanced, it assuredly won't be Opening Day. But when the day comes for Kelenic and the Mariners, and it will, step
Kelenic cranks first spring homer for M's
Jarred Kelenic was off to a bit of a slow start this spring, but he may have found the spark he needed Monday.MLB.com's No. 11 overall prospect went 2-for-2 with his first homer of the Cactus League season in the Mariners' 9-6 loss to the Rockies in Peoria, Arizona. The
Farm system rankings: Position players, 10-1
With the 2020 season rapidly approaching, MiLB.com looks at the state of all 30 farm systems and ranks them in several different ways. This first installment, broken into three parts, focuses on position players and considers the quality and quantity of talent in each system. Here are the top 10
Mariners taking Top-100 prospects to camp
The Mariners' Minor League system is more exciting than it's been in years. Some of the organization's brightest young stars are about to bring that excitement to Major League Spring Training.No. 13 overall prospectJarred Kelenic, No. 25 Julio Rodriguez and No. 48 Logan Gilbert were three of the 21 players
Toolshed: Meet the 2019 All-MiLB team
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club. This edition of Toolshed covers the entire Minor Leagues, picking out the players who enjoyed
Kelenic, Rodriguez lead M's into new era
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.After a scorching start to the 2019 season at the big league level, the Mariners
Mariners take Kelenic out of Fall League
Jarred Kelenic was one of the most talented prospects in this year's Arizona Fall League. Unfortunately, his stay in the desert will be a short one.The Mariners are removing their top prospect from the Peoria roster in the AFL out of concern about a back injury, according to a report
Head of the Class: Double-A
With another Minor League season in the books, members of the MiLB.com staff are looking back at some of the most notable performers from the 2019 campaign for each level. After looking at Triple-A, Class A Advanced, Class A, Class A Short Season and Rookie Advanced, we turn our attention
Mariners Announce 2019 Minor League Awards
The Seattle Mariners, parent club of the Arkansas Travelers, announced their postseason minor league award winners. Five of the players named spent at least some time with Arkansas in 2019 including both the hitter and pitcher of the year. 20-year old Jarred Kelenic was named the Ken Griffey Jr.
Wild Rally Gives Travs Dramatic Win
Amarillo, TX-The Arkansas Travelers posted their biggest come from behind win of the season on Sunday night, rallying past the Amarillo Sod Poodles for a 10-7 in the next to last game of the regular season. The deficit was as big as five entering the seventh inning and the Travs
Kelenic homers twice in Travs' slugfest
Call it intuition, a sixth sense or just a gut feeling. Whatever it was, Jarred Kelenic knew one thing as he strode to the plate in the top of the ninth inning on Sunday night: he was going to hit a home run.He just didn't know it was going to
Adell, Lewis headline Fall League rosters
The Arizona Fall League is going to be a little different in 2019, but the talent level will be as high as ever.Angels outfielder Jo Adell (No. 4) and Twins shortstop Royce Lewis (No. 7) headline the list of 20 Top-100 prospects named to the Arizona Fall League rosters released
Kelenic Homers Twice In Trav Win
North Little Rock, AR-Dom Thompson-Williams drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and Jarred Kelenic belted a pair of two-run homers as the Arkansas Travelers defeated the Amarillo Sod Poodles, 5-2, on Sunday night at Dickey-Stephens Park in front of a crowd of 8,823. Ljay Newsome pitched 5.1
Travelers' Kelenic crushes two homers
Jarred Kelenic knew he was going to have a big night Friday, but he didn't come to that realization when you'd probably expect.The top Mariners prospect homered twice and drove in four runs to power Double-A Arkansas to a 5-2 win over Amarillo at Dickey-Stephens Park. It was his second
Travs Blank Naturals To Open Series
North Little Rock, AR-Four Arkansas Travelers pitchers combined on a shutout win over the NW Arkansas Naturals, 3-0, on Monday night at Dickey-Stephens Park. Ljay Newsome fired six innings, allowing five hits with seven strikeouts on his way to the victory. Aaron Fletcher, Sam Delaplane and Art Warren each worked
M's Kelenic promoted to Double-A Arkansas
Jarred Kelenic is quickly working his way up Seattle's system.The top Mariners prospect on Saturday was promoted to Double-A Arkansas after 46 games with Class A Advanced Modesto, where he put up a .290/.353/.485 slash line with six homers, a triple, 13 doubles, 22 RBIs and 36 runs scored.